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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better understand these open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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