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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in elearning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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