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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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