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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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