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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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