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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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