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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Students want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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