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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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