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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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