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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Libya to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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