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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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