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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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