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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these new open education undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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