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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 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 we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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