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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology enable students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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