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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants need to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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