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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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