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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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