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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the 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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