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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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