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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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