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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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