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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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