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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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