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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have enabled learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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