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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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