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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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