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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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