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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. 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. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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