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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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