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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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