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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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