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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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