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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning enable students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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