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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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