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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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