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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better perceive these new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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