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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take 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. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Albania to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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