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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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