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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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