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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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