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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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