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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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