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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources