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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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