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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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