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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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