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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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