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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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