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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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