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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning 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 MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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