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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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