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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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