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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students 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 several subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these open educational initiatives. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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