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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning are enabling learners all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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