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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing 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 education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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