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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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