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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing 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 we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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