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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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