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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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