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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Arizona State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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