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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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