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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Scientists want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the most important 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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