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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning enable learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open education initiatives. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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