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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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