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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology have empowered humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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