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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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