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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning are making it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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