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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning have empowered students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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