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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving 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 schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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