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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open education initiatives. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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