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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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