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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Anguilla to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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