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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning are empowering students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better understand these new open education undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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