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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). Brand new advances in blended learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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