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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open education ventures. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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