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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online learning have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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