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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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