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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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