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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Macedonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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