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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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