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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering now that learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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