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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these MOOCs? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education