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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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