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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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