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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology are empowering students all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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