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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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