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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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