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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open education initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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