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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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