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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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