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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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