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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the most important 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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