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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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