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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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