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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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