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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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