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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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