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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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