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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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