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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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