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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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