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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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