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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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