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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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