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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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