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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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