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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology make it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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