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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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