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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions must 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 institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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