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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. People want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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