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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that 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 assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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