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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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