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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the 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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