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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are empowering students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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