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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Micronesia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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