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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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