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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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