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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle 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. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to understand these open educational endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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