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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in digital education technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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