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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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