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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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