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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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