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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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