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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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