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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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