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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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