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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that e-learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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