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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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