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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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