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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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