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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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