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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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