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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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