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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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