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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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