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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because online education technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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