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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning are enabling students all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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