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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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