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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational ventures. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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