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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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