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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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