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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in electronic education technology make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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