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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open education endeavours. People want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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