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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education ventures. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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