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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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