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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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