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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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