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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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