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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to 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. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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