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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several topics that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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