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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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