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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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