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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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