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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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