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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education make it possible for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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