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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Bulgaria to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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