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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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