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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education ventures. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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