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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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