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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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