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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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