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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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