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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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