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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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