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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education are empowering learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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