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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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