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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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