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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning enable humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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