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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp these important new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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