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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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