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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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