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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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