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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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