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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning have empowered humans all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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