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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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