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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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