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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in elearning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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