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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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