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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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