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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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