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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these open education undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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