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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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