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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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 online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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