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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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