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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational undertakings. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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