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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology have empowered students all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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