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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in electronic education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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