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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology are empowering learners all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major 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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