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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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