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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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