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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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