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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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