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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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