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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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