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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ukraine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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