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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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