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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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