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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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