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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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