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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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