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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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