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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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