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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 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 institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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