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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the definitive 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 exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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