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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in elearning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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