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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for information the scholarly 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 definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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