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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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