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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better comprehend these important new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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