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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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