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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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