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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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