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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning have enabled humans all around the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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