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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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