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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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