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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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