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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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