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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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