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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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