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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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