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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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