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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the 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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