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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are empowering students all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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