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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to understand these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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