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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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