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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better grasp these significant new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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