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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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