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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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