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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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