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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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