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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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