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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these open educational initiatives. Educators want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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