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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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