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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these new open education undertakings. Trainers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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