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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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