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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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