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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open education ventures. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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