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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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