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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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