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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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