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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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