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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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