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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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