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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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