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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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