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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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