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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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