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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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