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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing 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 training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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