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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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