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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education have empowered students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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