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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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