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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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