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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education initiatives. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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