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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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