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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online education make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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