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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better perceive these open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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