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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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