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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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