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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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