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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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