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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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