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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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