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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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