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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning have empowered learners all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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