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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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