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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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