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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology enable students all around the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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