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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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