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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling 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 make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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