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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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