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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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