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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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