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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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