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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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