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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning 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 instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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