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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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