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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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