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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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