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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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