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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online education enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. People want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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