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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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