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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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