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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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