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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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