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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. 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 institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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