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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning make it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses 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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