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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important 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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