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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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