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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education are empowering humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors 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 stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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