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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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