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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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