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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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