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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is developing 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 these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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