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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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