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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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