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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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