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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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