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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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