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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with 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 stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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