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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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