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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these new open education endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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