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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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