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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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