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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the major 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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