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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open education undertakings. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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