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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education have empowered students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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