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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are considering now that online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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