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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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