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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology enable students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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