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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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