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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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