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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are considering today because online education technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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