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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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