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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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