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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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