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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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