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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key 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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