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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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