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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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