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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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