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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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