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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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