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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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