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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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