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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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