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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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