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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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