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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open educational ventures. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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