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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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