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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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