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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several subjects that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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