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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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