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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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