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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology enable learners all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing 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 training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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