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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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