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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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