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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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