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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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