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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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