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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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