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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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