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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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