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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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