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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in digital education technology enable students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with today 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 certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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