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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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