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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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