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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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