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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning have enabled humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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