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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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