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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled students all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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