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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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