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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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