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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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