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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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