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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Public servants want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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