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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education make it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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