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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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