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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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