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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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