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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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