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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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