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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. People want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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