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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. 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 massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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