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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also studies the major 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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