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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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