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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better grasp these new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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