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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education are enabling learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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