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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. 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 we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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