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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand these important new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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