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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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