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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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