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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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