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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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