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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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