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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers 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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