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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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