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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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