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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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