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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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