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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scientists want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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