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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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