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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education