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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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