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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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