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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions must deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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