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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in digital education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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