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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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