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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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