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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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