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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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