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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology make it possible for students all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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