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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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