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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also studies the 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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