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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Book About Massive Open Online Courses