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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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