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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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