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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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