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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable students all around the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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