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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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