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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology enable people all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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