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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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