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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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