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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. 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 teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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