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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever 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 participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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