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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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