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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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