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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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