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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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