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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education