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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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