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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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