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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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