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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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