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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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