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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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