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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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