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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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