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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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