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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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