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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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