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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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