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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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