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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. People want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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