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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in elearning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers 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 assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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