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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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