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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning have enabled learners all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open education initiatives. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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