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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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