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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to understand these open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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