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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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