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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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