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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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