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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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