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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in elearning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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