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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online education have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Arizona State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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