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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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