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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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