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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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