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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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