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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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