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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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