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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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