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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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