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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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