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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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