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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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