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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to 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 institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to understand these important new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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