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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online education have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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