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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Malta to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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