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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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