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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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