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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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