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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. People want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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