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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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