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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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