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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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