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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to struggle 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 educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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