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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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