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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the 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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