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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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