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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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