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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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