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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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