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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational ventures. People want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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