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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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