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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also explores the 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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