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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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