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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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