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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education