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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the 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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