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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever 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 be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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