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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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