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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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