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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also articulates the most important 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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