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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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