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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the key 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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