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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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