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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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