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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also deals with the major 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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