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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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