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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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