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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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