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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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