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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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