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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education enable learners all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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