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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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