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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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