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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand these new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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