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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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