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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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