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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online education are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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