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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Utah State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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