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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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