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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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