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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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