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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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