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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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