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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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