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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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