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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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