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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education ventures. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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