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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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