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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum 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 issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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