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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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