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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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