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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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