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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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