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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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