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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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