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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers 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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