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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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