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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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